Catching up the thread.
I didn't read as much as I wanted to in 2016, due to other hobby pursuits, work, etc. Aiming to change that in 2017.
On the sci-fi front, over the past few months, I've read the following:
Ghost War by Michael Stackpole, the first book in the Mechwarrior: Dark Age series. I picked up a used copy of this book and the second book in the series at Adepticon last year. I've always liked mech combat, and this book was a nice, quick little read.
Star Wars: A New Dawn, by John Jackson Miller. Kind of a prequel story for the Star Wars: Rebels TV show, shows how Hera and Kanan first meet up. Not the best Star Wars story I've ever read, but not the worst. Might have been better if I'd read it more quickly, but I stretched this one out far too long due to some other things I had going on.
Caliban's War, by James S.A. Corey. Good stuff. Really enjoyed it. Won't say anything else here about it, but glad to see Holden and the crew of the Rocinante back in action. I just got the third book in the series for Christmas, can't wait to start it.
Finally, I just finished The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu. This is the first book in the series of the same name. Really an interesting take on the whole "aliens come to earth" trope, and being that it is written by a Chinese author and told from a Chinese perspective, it's a departure from a lot of the other science fiction I usually read. If you're looking for something a little different, I'd recommend giving it a try. It does start a slow, just FYI.
I also read a pretty good WW1 book, but I'll post that in the WW1 thread.
